Master beekeeper buzzes around Whitehouse Station School

Master beekeeper and environmental educator Cliff Sunflower presented his “Dancin’ with the Honeybees” program for students at Whitehouse School on May 6. During an interactive schoolwide assembly, Sunflower turned his audience into a working hive of drones, workers, guards, flowers, and, of course, a queen bee, while teaching the students about the different role each bee plays and the importance of pollination.

Following the assembly, the students participated in hands-on workshops during a “Bee Touch Me Museum”. Students in first through third grade compared the flavors of two different types of honey, saw the world through “bees’ eyes”, modeled beekeeper gear, and observed hives and honeycomb. The program ended with each participant rolling a beeswax candle to take home as a souvenir.